What to Eat in Prague? Where to Eat? Food and Drink in Prague

While planning my Prague trip, I found many alternatives for places to visit in Prague, but I could not find so many options for Prague food and beverage recommendations. “What to eat in Prague, where to eat?” guide was prepared with the suggestions I received from both local and foreign blogs and social media followers and my own experiences! Come on, let's whet your appetite!

What to Eat in Prague?

When you think of Prague, do you think of any food? Czech food has not gained much fame outside the country, hence the question “What to eat in Prague?” my suggestions will consist of the food we went to and met at the place. Lets start then!

trdelnik

Although I add the dumpling called Trdelnik to the top of the list, it is not actually a Czech dessert. trdelnik is the name given to the sweet dough baked on barbecued sticks, which is made in many places in Central and Nature Europe, especially at Christmas Markets. The one with nutella in it is very acceptable. All Christmas Markets have at least a few trdelnik stalls.

We preferred the cheaper ones in the Christmas Markets. 70 CZK (Czech Krona) if you eat it plain, 90 CZK if you want it with Nutella. The price was the same in almost all of the Christmas markets.

Photo taken from Good Food website.

There are also a lot of trdelnik shops in the old town. They stuffed ice cream and candies into the dough used as a cone, making it more colorful and sweet. Good Food is the best option to eat shaped trdelnik in Prague. I don't know how much these cool trdelniks cost.

Those who watch the North-South TV series will remember this dessert. After the series, Turkish entrepreneurs also made this dessert in Turkey, but I guess it didn't work, I've never seen it.

Whether you like the taste or not. I usually like pastries, so I'm pretty good with trdelnik too.

Sausage and Hot Dog

Again, the must-haves of the Christmas Markets are sausages. These sausages, cooked in a barbecue fire, are mostly made of pork. They have spicy and plain options. If you want, you can only buy sausages, or you can have the same sausage between bread.

Sausage is not only available at the Christmas Market, you can find it in almost all restaurants. It is also possible to find meat options such as veal and deer in restaurants. We tried the venison one at Bohemian Craft Beer Tasting, it was pretty good.

Hot dogs prices were around 120 CZK. Around 150 CZK in restaurants.

Svickova – Roast Steak with Sauce and Spices

Well, let's come to Czech food. The above were foods that you can easily find in many parts of Europe. Svickova, on the other hand, is Czech food to the core. I think the trademark of this meat dish, which is on the menu of almost all local restaurants, and served with a few slices of tasteless white bread, is its sauce. The taste of that delicious sauce is still in my mouth. We ate this meal at Lokal, a very famous restaurant chain in Prague.

Goulash – Goulash

Again, one of the dishes you can find in many countries in Eastern Europe is goulash. Although it is actually known as Hungarian food, you can find it on many menus in Prague. It is made with boiled meat, onions, and red peppers, and the one served on a huge bread is visually pleasing. It is also called goulash soup, but it is actually food-like and satisfying. Since I've tried it before in Hungary and Slovakia, it's not time to eat goulash this time.

Fried Cheese – Smažený secret 

Cheese production and consumption is quite high in Prague. Although the cheeses are more like cheddar than ezine cheese, they taste good. Fried cheese; It is one of the foods that are eaten as appetizers and starters. Apart from fried cheese, there is also the case that cheese is served as a starter in different ways.

We ate fried cheese again at Lokal. It was still extremely delicious. They serve it with the mayonnaise sauce you see in the metal bowl in the photo above.

The plate in the second photo is from the Bohemian Craft Beer Tasting beer hall. Between the two layers of cheese on the right is a thick sauce similar to tomato paste. The sausage on the left is the venison sausage I mentioned above.

Potato and Potato Salad

Potatoes are used extensively in Czech cuisine. You see potato salad on menus almost everywhere. Dishes where tiny potatoes are cooked in a pan, such as English potatoes, find their place in Christmas Markets. The potato salad we ate at Lokal did not sound very interesting, but the potatoes we ate at the Christmas Market inside Prague Castle were terribly delicious.

They sell potatoes in the Christmas Markets by the gram. 100 grams cost between 60-70 CZK.

Duck

One of the leading actors of the menus in Prague is duck. I like to try different animal meats in the places I go, crocodile in Africa, llama in South America, but not duck in Prague.

The duck dish we ate at the restaurant called U Pinkasu was finger licking. It is served with potatoes and bread on the side.

Chlebiček – Czech Style Sofa

Canapes made with cheese, ham, greens, eggs and whatever comes to mind on a slice of bread are called Chlebiček. It sells for around 30-50 CZK each. It can be consumed as a light snack, as a snack, and it is quite healthy. It can be found in most cafes.

You will also see a variety of soups on the menus. We have not tasted the soups, it would be great if anyone who has experience and wants to recommend can add it as a comment below.

Prague and Beer Culture

When we talk about Prague, it is impossible not to mention beer culture. Beer is a widely consumed and produced beverage here. While walking on the road, you see so many places that produce their own beer that you want to taste them all. Especially if you are a beer lover like me, all of them are attractive.

Prague's most popular beer is Plsener, and Plsener Urquell is Czechia's own and most popular beer, you can think of it like ours, Efes.

One of the things I love about beer in Prague is that it comes in half-liter glasses and costs 50 CZK unless you specify otherwise. Whether at the Christmas Market, in a restaurant or in a brewery, the price is roughly the same.

Beer is frothy in Prague, it's hard to find a two-finger beer without foam. But don't say "I don't like beer foam", this foam is drinkable and delicious. You can order according to the foam height of the beer. There are 4 different foam sizes and the names are as follows, from the least foam to the most foam; Choctan, Hladinka, Snyt, Mliko.

• chochtan: Beer served without foam as we are used to. However, since this is not a preferred type of beer in Prague, your standard beer will come as Hladinka unless you specifically specify it.
• Hladinka: When you order beer in Prague, this is the standard foam size and beer quantity. 0,5 liters of beer and 2 finger thick beer foam
• Snyt: If you can't drink 0,5 liters of beer, you say your 0,3 beer as Snyt, it comes in a 0,5-liter glass again, but this time with a foam size of 4 fingers and a beer amount of 0,3 liters. Small beer in big glass. Snyt is said not to say small beer.
• mliko: This beer has a different taste, slightly sweeter. It was mostly girls. A tiny beer at the bottom of the glass and all 50 pint glasses full of foam.

Where to Eat in Prague

Since we went to Prague during the Christmas markets, we mainly handled the food and beverage business at the Christmas Markets. Therefore, below, I will list the places we have experienced first, and then the places I have come across in my research.

If you want to dine out in Prague, reservations are a must!

We had a hard time finding a table in the places we went, even at noon. My recommendation is to make a reservation. Although it looks like there is space when you look from the outside, you can see the reserved card at almost all tables.

Local

When you start looking for eating and drinking suggestions in Prague, the first place recommended almost everywhere is Lokal, regardless of local or foreign. I have a little prejudice against such popular places, so I started looking for alternatives, but in the end I went anyway 🙂

Lokal has 8 branches in Prague. Here you can taste craft beer and freshly cooked local cuisine.

Local Restaurant Branches; Lokál signpost, Lokál Dlouhááá, Lokál U Bílé kuželky, Lokál U Zavadilů, Lokál Nad Stromovkou, Lokál Hamburk, Lokál Plzeň, Lokál Brnov

When there was a Lokal Hamburk branch very close to where we were staying, we decided to go and see it on the first day, of course, we couldn't find a place without a reservation, but when we got inside, we realized that this was a place where Czechs come rather than a touristic place, so we made a reservation here for our last evening. Good thing we had it done, I think the Svickova we ate was one of the most delicious meals we ate in Prague. Just as we liked it, we ate and drank non-stop while the people we shared our table with were constantly changing.

Our menu consisting of roast beef, cheese, potato salad and shish kebab was accompanied by 4-5 beers. For two people, we paid 900 CZK, that is, about 35 euros on an account.

U Pinkasu

“U” means home in Czech, so many local restaurants start with U. U Pinkasu was also one of the places where we would taste Czech food that was on our list.

The restaurant in one of the streets between the Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square serves in an entire old building. Luckily, we were able to find a place at noon without a reservation.

The menu mainly includes Czech dishes. We ordered a plate for two with duck and roast beef in it. Let me state that we had a very delicious meal together with the beers they made.

We paid 630 CZK for two meat platters and four beers, about 24 euros.

U Pinkasu In one of the streets between Old Town and Wenceslas Square. You can see it in the link below. https://goo.gl/maps/Zt6NbEDJonXPbafJA

Bohemian Craft Beer Tasting

There are many places where you can try a variety of beers in Prague. Bohemian Craft Beer Tasting is one of them. There are over 100 types of beer on the menu. Dozens of beers you won't think of, from strawberry beer to Indian beer.

There was a choice of 6 beers in their menu for beer tasting, we preferred it. If you want, you can choose 100 of those 6 beers, if you want, you leave the choice to the bartender. We left the choice to the bartender. Different types of beers came, such as Plsener, Weiss, Stout. While I mostly like Plsener and Weiss beers, my husband likes black beers, they prepared a nice mix for us.

This must be one of the rare places in Prague where you can find a place in the evening without a reservation, or we were on our lucky day.

This is how we spent our dinner, saying sausage and cheese next to the beer. We paid 660 CZK for two people, about 25 euros. We paid this price for tasting different beers (6 kinds) and venison sausage.

Bohemian Beer Craft Tasting stays in one of the streets between the Old Town and Charles Bridge. We found it by looking at the map, I am sharing its location on the map: https://goo.gl/maps/QMsnSt9XxSRXhYXSA

Ovocny Svetozor

Prague's bakery chain Ovocny Svetozor. You can find a variety of canapés, very fresh and delicious cakes on slices of bread. We took a dessert break at the branch in Světozor Passage and were very satisfied with the cakes we ate. This place is not touristic, it is one of the places preferred by Czechs.

Boulevard Baguette

We preferred the chain restaurant Boulevard Baguette for breakfast. It has branches in many places. They make sandwiches on baguette with various ingredients. Since there was no breakfast at the place we were staying, we stopped by here for a sandwich and coffee for breakfast. We were satisfied with both what we ate and the coffee. It's closed on Sundays. We paid about 20 TL per person for coffee and sandwich.

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So far, I have told about the places we have experienced, the restaurants that are on my list or recommended, and if you have tried them, it would be great if you add them as a comment to this article.

U Fleku

One of the most recommended places to visit in Prague was U Fleku. However, we could not set our time and go. It is known as one of the oldest breweries in Europe. It has been brewing its own black beer since the 1400s, especially for those who love black beer. It is possible to find not only beer but also local dishes such as goulash here.

The place where musicians make music by wandering around like a flower passage in our country is especially recommended to experience the old Czech spirit. You can see its location in the link: https://goo.gl/maps/AwMS9jSNWN1Ejdkw6

U Dvou Kocek

U Dvou Kocek is a restaurant where you can find local Czech food. This place also makes its own beer. It was full when we went at noon, we couldn't find a place so we went to U Pinkasu nearby. Place: https://goo.gl/maps/DyrByGe1K51Rz6vq5

Café Louvre

Cafe Louvre is an old restaurant that has been serving since the 1800s, and its front part serves as a cafe. It was a frequent destination for Nazım Hikmet, Kafka and many Czech artists.

Kavarna Slavia

Kavarna Slavia, located opposite the National Theatre, is also one of the places frequented by artists. It is said that Nazım Hikmet also spends a lot of time at the cafe Slavia.

You can also choose this place for breakfast.

Opera House Cafeteria

The Prague opera house is as beautiful from the outside as it is from the inside. If you want to visit the building other than the shows inside, guided tours are organized. There is also a restaurant and cafe at the entrance of the opera house. They also made menus such as dessert + coffee, but the prices were a bit high (I didn't take notes, I can't give exact figures). I should mention that there are very stylish places, we just went and took pictures.

You can find the name of the restaurant part as Pilsen Restaurant Prague – Plzeňská restaurace. The cafe part is called Kavárna Obecní dům.

Prague Beer Museum | Beer Factory

Although it is called a museum, this place serves as a pub, not a museum. However, there is also a place called Beer Museum, we went to another place instead and it was a museum. Fortunately, Bohemian Craft Beer Tasting is in the immediate vicinity so we diverted our route there.

Turkish Restaurants

Some of the Turks who go abroad have situations of choosing food and searching for Turkish food. Prague is a paradise in this respect. We came across so many Turkish restaurants. There are many Turkish restaurant options, from home-cooked meals to doner shops and kebab shops. Those who are looking for familiar food, you will not be hungry, do not worry.

My comment on this is; Food is a part of the culture of the country I go to and I always prefer to eat dishes specific to the place I go to. Therefore, I do not recommend a Turkish restaurant, as I have not tried it.

Far East Restaurants

When I came to Prague, I never thought that I would see so many Far Eastern restaurants. It didn't catch my attention when I came before, maybe it has increased in recent years. There are restaurants of Vietnamese cuisine, Thai cuisine, Chinese restaurants, and every cuisine you can think of. There are also many sushi restaurants for sushi lovers.

We haven't tried it, but a friend of ours said that Palladium AVM is an all-you-can-eat sushi concept restaurant, maybe you'd like to try it.

Restaurante Brasileiro

I mentioned that there are many options in Prague where you can taste the flavors of world cuisine. Restaurante Brasileiro is one of them. You can eat the meat that comes to your table until you are full by paying a fixed menu price in the Brazilian all-you-can-eat concept (Churrasco).

There is a card on the table, meat continues to come to you as long as you keep the green side of the card open, if you turn the red side, you say "I've had enough, enough is enough".

Unlimited meat menu per person costs 825 CZK, so around 30-31 euros. A little expensive compared to other restaurants.

There was also a venue with this concept in Lviv, we preferred the one there. We paid 32 euro for two people plus a bottle of wine. If you happen to be in Lviv, we recommend you to try it there.

Hooters

The famous American restaurant Hooters has two branches in Prague. The restaurant chain, which is famous for serving beautiful girls in miniskirts and sexy t-shirts, is very popular. We didn't go, but if we had more time, I'd love to go. I'd be lying if I said I didn't get excited when I saw their posters 🙂

You can see a few more suggestions for places to eat at affordable prices with their names and places below:

• Mincovna: https://goo.gl/maps/e6Tu7ZmFJD52
• Havelska korna: https://goo.gl/maps/teJVrsK17EB2
• Pivnice U Rudolfina: https://goo.gl/maps/VzqsH8uhgbo

Prague did not disappoint us in terms of food and drink, it made us very happy. Long live the food 🙂

My Other Prague Travel Posts

• If you say what you will do when you land in Prague; Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and Transportation in Prague
• If you need suggestions for places to visit and sightseeing routes in Prague; Prague places to visit
• What to eat when you go to Prague; What to eat in Prague, where to eat?
• If we saw Prague in blood, you say; Prague travel video
• If you are wondering about Prague Christmas Markets; Prague Christmas Markets
• If you ask how much a trip to Prague will cost; 3-Day Prague Trip Cost

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